http://tnl-6.local/taxonomy/term/306/0 en-US http://tnl-6.local/node/414 <p>The Copenhagen Free University (CFU), together with other "self-institutions" such as the Universite Tangente <a href="http://utangente.free.fr/" title="http://utangente.free.fr/">http://utangente.free.fr/</a> in Paris and the University of Openness, London, successfully promoted the notion of the need to create ones own institutions and hijack the meaning of the established institutions. The free university exists outside the hierarchical and commercialised model into which Europe's universities have been turned. The CFU promoted a more egalitarian system where everybody could use the tag 'university' to their own ends. The CFU ceased its activities by the end of 2007 and in connection with the abolition of the institution its founders, Henriette Heise &amp; Jakob Jakobsen have written the following statement:</p> <p><a href="http://tnl-6.local/node/414" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://tnl-6.local/node/414#comments English Article Copenhagen free education self-institution university Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:52:21 +0000 Armin Medosch 414 at http://tnl-6.local